Example sentences containing 'steppe'

Researchers did however find a small area of steppe in a more natural state at Hustain Nuruu in Mongolia.Tony Juniper SPIX'S MACAW: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD'S RAREST BIRDOr a great plain, a steppe , where all the memories are laid side by side, at the same depth, like seeds under the soil.Hilary Mantel LEARNING TO TALK: SHORT STORIESHer nimble steppe pony had found footing on this rockytrack where a larger horse such as Altaru would have broken his legs.David Zindell THE LIGHTSTONE: BOOK ONE, PART ONE OF THE EA CYCLE